Egidio Troche

Egidio Troche (1436-15?) was a Roman senator of the Papal States and the older brother of Captain-General Cesare Borgia's confidant Francesco Troche.

Biography
Troche was the son of a Roman senator and followed in his father's footsteps as a politician. A naive idealist, he sought to shift control of Rome from the Papal States to an independent Commune of Rome, one which would be a democratic state. When Pope Alexander VI took power in 1492, the Campidoglio meeting house became a living museum.

In 1503 Troche attempted to help the foes of the Papal States by telling the Venetian Ambassador of General Cesare Borgia's plans to invade Romagna, which he learned from his younger brother Francesco Troche, who was a confidant of Borgia. A little while later, Francesco was executed for "treason".

Egidio Troche soon fell into debt with General Juan Borgia the Elder, a general of Cesare Borgia, who was nicknamed "The Banker". Egidio wanted to raise money to stop the frequency of public executions. He complained to courtesans at "Rosa in Fiore", and the madame Claudia Auditore informed her brother, the assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who wanted to find out about the Banker and kill him. He was saved from Papal guards at the Campidoglio and Ezio gave him 3,000 &fnof; to pay off his debt, in exchange for leading Ezio to the Banker. He gave the chest to guards, and Ezio tailed the guards to Juan Borgia, killing him.